Wicklow County Council grants permission for 57-home scheme at Broomhall, Rathnew, Co. Wicklow

In context

It is one of 108 housing scheme applications Wicklow County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,568 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 7 April 2026. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Wicklow County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

proposed housing development of 57 dwelling units consisting of 2 semi-detached three bedroom dwellings, 31 x three bedroom terraced dwellings, 4 x four bedroom terraced dwellings, 20 x two bedroom apartments, with connection to services and all associated works including link road to proposed new GAA field, levelling and profiling of field to facilitate sports pitch and car parking with toilet block, roads, footpaths, boundaries and boundary treatments, pubic lighting, open spaces and landscaping attenuation system, entrance through existing development at Brookfield Park. This application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement